This is right. You should use your "check-host-up" service check as a host check instead. That will get the behavior you're looking for.
-Gius > -----Original Message----- > From: Herb J. [mailto:nag...@herb-j.com] > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 9:54 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Service notification > > Nagios won't do that. If I recall correctly, when the host check fails, > it refuses to generate any further service notifications for that host > until the host check succeeds again. It also won't generate service > recovery notifications when those services actually come back online > either. > > Our solution for that was to add a second host check (i.e., create a > new > "define command" block) for devices that don't respond to PING. For > those devices, we configure them to use the new host check (i.e., use > the command you just created for that host's "check command" directive) > that checks HTTP status. I work at a web hosting company, so 100% of > our > servers listen on either PING, HTTP, or FTP, so we have those three > choices for the host check. You will need to create another host check > (or two or three if necessary) that can be used for the devices that > don't respond to PING and configure those devices to use one of the > alternate host checks. > > > On 07/30/2010 10:54 AM, Aex wrote: > > Ok, I mean that if server down - service notification cannot be send. > > How can I reconfigure Nagios to send service notification from > specific service > > even if server down? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm > > _______________________________________________ > > Nagios-users mailing list > > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to > /dev/null > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null